AMD EPYC 7502P vs Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7502P and Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD EPYC 7502P

Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7502P

16 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 16
32 more threads: 64 vs 32
5.3x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 768 GB
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2023 vs 1999
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 51054 vs 30201

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	32 vs 16
Number of threads	64 vs 32
Maximum memory size	4 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2023 vs 1999
PassMark - CPU mark	51054 vs 30201

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3

Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 135 Watt vs 180 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	135 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7502P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2023

1999

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

51054

30201

Name	AMD EPYC 7502P	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2023	1999
PassMark - CPU mark	51054	30201
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3451
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		26574

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 7502P	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3
Essentials
Family	EPYC
Launch date	7 Aug 2019	Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$2300
Place in performance rating	655	169
Processor Number	7502P	E5-2698V3
Series	7002	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Haswell
Status		Announced
Performance
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	2.30 GHz
L1 cache	2 MB
L2 cache	16 MB
L3 cache	128 MB
Maximum frequency	3.35 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	32	16
Number of threads	64	32
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology		22 nm
Maximum core temperature		87.9°C
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	8	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	190.7 GB/s	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	4 TB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Compatibility
Sockets supported	SP3	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	135 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 51mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	128	40
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x16, x8	x4 x8 x16
Scalability		2S
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)